Witmesses



I (No Model.)

' S. R. WILMOT.

PAINT AND VARNISH GU-P.

No. 478,831. Patented July 12, 1892.

Iii/g1] UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. WILMOT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILMOT &HOBBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAINT AND VARNISH CUP.

5IP13}('JIFICA'IJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,831, datedJuly 12, 1892.

Application filed December 30, 1891. Serial No. 416,524. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. WILMoT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paintand Varnish Cups; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and ings, is aspecification, numbers being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a section of my novel cup com plete, showing brushes inposition therein; and Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views illustrating slightchanges in the details of construction.

1 denotes the body of the cup, which is provided with a suitable handle2, and 4c the cover.

5 denotes a groove, which may be formed either at the upper end of thebody or at the lower end of the cover, to receive a suitablepacking-ring 6. This packing-ring may be formed in any suitablemanneras, for instance, a solid rubber ring or a hollow ring, as shownin the drawings, having a wire or cord 7 within it. v

3 denotes a shoulder formed either upon the body or the cover bycurvingthe metal either outward or inward, as maybe required, which serves as astop to limit the downward movement of the cover.

8 denotes a rest or support for thebrushes, made in the form of across-piece. The rest may be made in any suitable manner, but ispreferably struck up from sheet metal and is provided at its ends withears 9, by which it is riveted to the body of the can.

The cover is made dome-shaped, as shown in-the drawings, and issufficiently high to give ample room for the handles of the brushes. Thecover is provided with a suitable handle 10, which, as well as handle 2,is riveted in place, no solder whatever being used in making either bodyor cover, both parts being pressed out from sheet metal.

It will of course be understood that the details of construction may bevaried to an almost unlimited extent without departing from theprinciple of my invention. The essential features are the dome-shapedcover. and the seal or packing ring between the body and the cover. Ialso preferably use in all forms the shoulder 3 to limit the downwardmovement of the cover. In Fig. l groove 5, the packing-ring, and theshoulder are all upon the body. In Fig. 2 the groove and packingring arein the cover and'the shoulder upon the body, and in Fig. 3 the grooveand packing-ring are in the body and the shoulder upon the cover.

This can is admirably adapted for all kinds of paints, varnishes,japans, &c. It is made amply large to hold two or three brushes, and asdrying and the entrance of dust is wholly prevented it keeps both thepaints and the brushes always ready for use, no matter how long they mayhave been standing within reasonable limits.

The function of the wire or cord in the hollow packing-ring is to holdsaid ring tightly in place and prevent it from stretching and gettingloose, as it would be liable to after considerable use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A cup of the classdescribed, having a metallic body provided at its upper edge with anoutward and inward curve forming a shoulder and a groove, a hollowpacking-ring 6, seated in said groove and having a wire or cord 7 withinit, and a dome-shaped cover fitting over said ring, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL R. \VILMOT.

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, EDITH Y. ELY.

